aliment

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The pope will then move to a chair to the side of the altar and preside from there, sitting most of the time because of knee aliment that impedes him from standing for too long.

From Reuters • Jan. 4, 2023

It was also linked to about 225 cases worldwide of a fatal human brain aliment known as variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2012

Food was food, "one universal aliment," a generalized fuel for the body.

From Time Magazine Archive

In these vaults they imprisoned themselves for life, the door being locked, and sometimes walled up, a small window only was allowed, through which to receive aliment and give pious advice.

From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by Alberger, John

Then, by his side I strew'd some sugar, and upon his breast Arrang'd a particle, thinking, perchance, The odour of his favourite aliment Might stimulate the palate, and uncoil The folded trunk.

From Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character by Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard)